Gary Hamel
Gary Hamel
Dr. Gary P. Hamelis an American management expert. He is a founder of Strategos, an international management consulting firm based in Chicago...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
promise politician break
When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.
important remember platforms
It's important to remember that innovators in business don't always get a platform.
water influence
Influence is like water. Always flowing somewhere.
names bullets firsts
Somewhere out there is a bullet with your company's name on it. Somewhere out there is a competitor, unborn and unknown, that will render your strategy obsolete. You can't dodge the bullet – you're going to have to shoot first. You're going to have to out-innovate the innovators.
stars children years
Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
religious people moral
Obviously, you don't have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious.
community hierarchy adding-value
Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
giving effort priorities
To be embraced, a change effort must be socially constructed in a process that gives everyone the right to set priorities, diagnose barriers , and generate options.
organization leader hierarchy
In most companies, the formal hierarchy is a matter of public record - it's easy to discover who's in charge of what. By contrast, natural leaders don't appear on any organization chart.
leader able done
A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.
thinking different surprise
The problem with the future is that it is different, if you are unable to think differently, the future will always arrive as a surprise.
tired creativity past
All too often, legacy management practices reflexively perpetuate the past - by over-weighting the views of long-tenured executives, by valuing conformance more highly than creativity and by turning tired industry nostrums into sacred truths.
change arrogance way
This extraordinary arrogance that change must start at the top is a way of guaranteeing that change will not happen in most companies.
perseverance persistence battle
Perseverance may be just as important as speed in the battle for the future.